St. Paul man swings knife at neighbor, dog, charges say

A St. Paul man swung a survival knife at his neighbor after trying to stab the neighbor's dog during a heated dispute, police said.

Damon Miller, 35, who denied the allegations, was charged Wednesday with terroristic threats for an altercation Monday at the border of his property in the 700 block of East Fourth Street.

According to a criminal complaint, Miller's neighbor, identified as "PG" in the complaint, saw him reaching over the fence between their properties and try to stab his German shepherd, Murphy, with a survival knife.

Miller then threw a board from the fence at PG, and swung the knife at him, the neighbor told police.

Miller told police the dog bit him while he was trying to fix a hole the dog had chewed in the fence.